Bassman1985

Green Incentive is paid for flight time, not total block time, so even if you have a really long taxi due to de-icing, ground congestion/stops, etc, you still can make the bonus pay. I've been in Bradford since last July, and I brought down over $600 in GI money last month alone. I did a month of TDY in FLL last year and on the FLL-TLH leg I actually brought down a GI bonus that equaled my block pay at 1st-year FO rates. Double pay for a leg, and the guys in FLL and TPA get to do that kind of thing every day since the WX is so much nicer. Currently senior FO in BFD, and have been able to hold a line in FLL or TPA for a few months now, just waiting for the next System Staffing Bid so I can move back down south and get the 3 grand in moving expenses. Typically bringing down a little over 2 grand in take home every month at the moment, crediting somewhere between 80-90 hours every month with at least 14 days off. I came back in the door last May as #135 out of 136, and am currently #115 out of 179, with more hiring happening every month.

According to the 2 CAs up north who are Stewards, we should have 18 Saabs on property by the end of the year, now bumping up their arrivals from 1 a month to 2. Most likely opening up a base in SJU, and there are currently bids for 2 more EAS routes in and out of IAD that used to be flown by 9L, and also a couple of routes out of ATL as well. Right now, new hires are being sent wherever they are needed in the system, and there are currently 4 FOs that I know personally who are junior to me holding 1900 lines in FLL next month. Expect that to change dramatically when the next Staffing Bid happens. There are many FOs and CAs in the northeast and BIL who want a seat on the Saab and can hold it with their seniority, myself included, since it will most likely mean a base in FLL or TPA. I will probably take a 1900 line in FLL or TPA and when they move all the 1900s out of that region and replace them fully with Saabs I will make the transition to the new type.

Any new-hires here at Silver have any questions, feel free to PM me. I'd be happy to fill you in.

joethepilot

Is there a pilot forum here? If not I might start one, if there is interest?

Flymau5

Is SA still hiring?

Their resume email doesn't seem to work.

And is SA as bad as GoJets?

WorkingUp

Wow, flamebait much?

jsfBoat

I'm sure that those who have harped on us for working here, if and when they're out of a job with no where else to go, and SA is still hiring, this place will become "...not so bad to work at."

Silverwings

I appreciate your concerns, I think I'll be alright if they call me... still waiting

thecfi32

Bassman thanks for offering to help the new guys! I sent you a message on skype, can't get an option to PM you for some reason on here.

stbloc

How long does it take to TPA and can you get in right away? Are most flights out and backs or do you do trips?

sandrich

Most, if not all flights out of FLL are out and backs because of cabotage. The only multi leg trip out of FLL that I know of is FLL-Marsh Harbor-Palm Beach-Freeport-Orlando. TPA flights are a mix. Key West is usually out and back. Others, you might do Tampa-Pensacola-Orlando-Pensacola-Tampa, or something of the sorts. I'll say that while you may get a few days of reserve there out of IOE, you will not get TPA at the because it will become a Saab base. As stated a few posts above, there may be open vacancies now that us junior guys can fill, but after the system staffing bid, all will change.

Bassman1985

I'm afraid the message didn't go through...don't know why.